Application Developer - DevOps

Blue Pearl PTY LTD; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY LTD in Johannesburg seeks a highly skilled DevOps / Azure Architect to lead secure cloud-native architectures on Microsoft Azure. You will drive secure DevOps practices, automation, and API platform modernization across regions.

The role requires deep Azure architecture expertise with strong DevSecOps, scalability, resilience, and security by design. You will govern landing zones, policies, and API security across enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud architectures on Azure.
• Hands-on with DevSecOps and secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to implement infrastructure as code (Bicep/ARM/Terraform).
• Strong understanding of API management and enterprise security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable, high-availability Azure architectures.
• Architect solutions using Azure APIM, App Services, Functions, AKS, Service Bus and related services.
• Implement multi-region and disaster recovery strategies.
• Define landing zones and governance models aligned with enterprise standards.
• Architect CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Implement blue-green or canary deployment strategies.
• Enable automated policy validation for APIs and pipeline governance.

Skills

Azure architecture

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Security-by-design

Tools

Azure APIM

App Services

Functions

AKS

Service Bus

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Terraform

ELK

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 10/28/2026

Weare seeking a highly skilled DevOps / Azure Architect to lead thedesign, implementation, and governance of secure cloud-native architectures onMicrosoft Azure. The role will be instrumental in driving secure DevOpspractices, infrastructure automation, and enterprise-grade API platformmodernization (including Azure API Management).

The ideal candidate will combine deep Azure architecture expertise with strongDevSecOps practices, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security by design.

Key Responsibilities

• Design secure,scalable, and high-availability Azure architectures.
• Architect solutionsusing Azure APIM, App Services, Functions, AKS, Service Bus, and relatedservices.
• Implement multi-regionand disaster recovery strategies.
• Define landing zonesand governance models aligned with enterprise standards.

DevSecOps Implementation

• Implement DevSecOps practices across CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate security controls into build and deployment workflows.
• Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform).
• Embed security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency checks).
• Implement secure release management and environment promotion strategies.

Security Architecture & Compliance

• Implement secure API gateway configurations (Azure APIM policies).
• Ensure compliance with OWASP API Security Top 10.
• Manage certificatelifecycle, mTLS, and key vault integration.
• Define cloud securityposture management practices.

Automation & CI/CD

• Architect CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Implement blue-green /canary deployment strategies.
• Enable automated policy validation for APIs.
• Design pipeline governance and approval gates.

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement AzureMonitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, ELK, Prometheus and Grafana
• Define logging,tracing, and alerting strategies.
• Enable proactive anomaly detection and SLA monitoring.

Technical Skills – Mandatory

Security & DevSecOps

• DevSecOps implementation experience
• CI/CD pipelinesecurity
• SAST/DAST toolsintegration
• Identity & accessmanagement

Automation

• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform)
• YAML pipelines

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Design secure,scalable, and high-availability Azure architectures.

Architectsolutions using Azure APIM, App Services, Functions, AKS, Service Bus, andrelated services.

Implement multi-region and disaster recovery strategies.

Define landing zones and governance models aligned with enterprise standards.

DevSecOps Implementation

Integratesecurity controls into build and deployment workflows.

Automateinfrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform).

Embed securityscanning tools (SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency checks).

Implementsecure release management and environment promotion strategies.

Designzero-trust architecture patterns.

Security Architecture & Compliance

Implementsecure API gateway configurations (Azure APIM policies).

Ensurecompliance with OWASP API Security Top 10.

Managecertificate lifecycle, mTLS, and key vault integration.

Define cloudsecurity posture management practices.

Automation & CI/CD

Definelogging, tracing, and alerting strategies.

Enableproactive anomaly detection and SLA monitoring.

Technical Skills – Mandatory

AKS(preferred)

Security & DevSecOps

• SAST/DASTtools integration
• Identity &access management
• Secure codingpractices
• API securityframeworks

Automation

• Infrastructureas Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform)